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Giardia: Microscopy
D E F
  • Cysts of Giardia lamblia,stained with iron-hematoxylin (D, E) and in a wet mount (F; from a patient seen in Haiti). 

    • Size: 8 to 12 µm in length.  

    • These cysts have two nuclei each (more mature ones will have four).

  • Courtesy of the Division of Parasitic Diseases at the National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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